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| 2 | 2 | | |
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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LA W. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb1308* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 1308 |
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| 8 | 8 | | E1, E2 5lr2496 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 5lr3566 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Alston, Acevero, Kaufman, Martinez, Miller, Pasteur, Roberson, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sample–Hughes, Tomlinson, and Woods |
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| 12 | 12 | | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2025 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Assigned to: Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | |
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| 19 | 19 | | Crime of Violence – Medical Facilities and Places of Worship – Penalty 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (Sacred Places Safety Act) 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from committing a crime of violence while the 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | person is in a medical facility or a place of worship; and generally relating to crimes 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of violence. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY adding to 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Criminal Law 8 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 14–105 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Criminal Law 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 14–105. 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | INDICATED. 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (2) “MEDICAL FACILITY” INCLUDES: 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (I) A FACILITY AS DEFINE D IN § 10–101 OF THE 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE; 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (II) A HEALTH CARE FACILI TY AS DEFINED IN § 19–114 OF THE 21 2 HOUSE BILL 1308 |
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| 49 | 49 | | |
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| 50 | 50 | | HEALTH – GENERAL ARTICLE; AND 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (III) AN AGENCY, A CLINIC, OR AN OFFICE OPERATED UNDER TH E 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | DIRECTION OF THE LOC AL HEALTH OFFICER OR UNDER THE REGULATORY 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | AUTHORITY OF THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | |
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| 56 | 56 | | (3) “PLACE OF WORSHIP ” MEANS A NONRESIDENTI AL LOCATION 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | WHERE MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL ASSEMBLES FOR PURPOSES OF RELI GIOUS OR 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | SPIRITUAL OBSERVANCE . 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (B) A PERSON MAY NOT COMMI T A CRIME OF VIOLENC E, AS DEFINED IN § 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 14–101 OF THIS TITLE, IN A MEDICAL FACILIT Y OR A PLACE OF WORS HIP. 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (C) A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION IS GUIL TY OF A FELONY AND , 10 |
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| 64 | 64 | | IN ADDITION TO ANY O THER PENALTY IMPOSED FOR THE UNDERLYING CRIME OF 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | VIOLENCE, ON CONVICTION IS SUB JECT TO IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 10 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | YEARS. 13 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (D) A SENTENCE IMPOSED UND ER THIS SECTION MAY BE IMPOSED 14 |
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| 69 | 69 | | SEPARATE FROM AND CO NSECUTIVE TO OR CONC URRENT WITH A SENTEN CE FOR 15 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ANY CRIME BASED ON THE ACT ESTA BLISHING THE VIOLATI ON OF THIS SECTION . 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 17 |
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| 73 | 73 | | 1, 2025. 18 |
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